BACKGROUND/AIMS Resting electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities have been strongly associated with cardiovascular disease mortality. Little is known, however, about the association between individual components of metabolic syndrome and ECG abnormalities, especially in Asian populations. METHODS We examined clinical and laboratory data from 31,399 subjects (age 20 to 89 years) who underwent med...

Although the effects of Gonadotropin on ovarian physiology have been known for many decades, its action on glucose uptake in the rat ovary remained poorly understood. Evidence also suggests that glucose uptake is mediated by a number of glucose transporter proteins (Glut). Therefore, we examined the rat ovary for the presence of Glut1-4 and blood glucose level after eCG (equine chorionic gonado...

removal of artifacts from bio-signals is a necessary step before automatic processing and obtaining clinical information. recently, many applications of empirical mode decomposition (emd) on biomedical researches have been presented that artifact reduction from bio-signals is one of them. emd separates a time series into finite numbers of its individual oscillations, which are called intrinsic ...

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most important and widely used method to study the heart related diseases. The detailed study of ECG graph by the medical practitioner helps him to understand and identify the condition of the heart. Based on the information retrieved from the ECG graph the patient can be given proper treatment. The person having a medical history of heart ailments will have to ma...

BACKGROUND Electrocardiogram (ECG) variability is greatly affected by the ECG recording method. This study aims to compare Holter and standard ECG recording methods in terms of central locations and variations of ECG data. METHODS We used the ECG data from a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial and used a mixed model approach to assess the agreement between two method...

BACKGROUND A number of studies have shown that non-critical medical devices can be contaminated with pathogens, including those resistant to antibiotics and thus become a potential vector for transmission. Electrocardiography (ECG) lead wire are non-critical medical device which are always attached on patient skin during their stay in intensive care unit (ICU). In view of the patient's critical...

BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent cause of stroke, but detecting paroxysmal AF (pAF) poses a challenge. We investigated whether continuous bedside ECG monitoring in a stroke unit detects pAF more sensitively than 24-hour Holter ECG, and tested whether examining RR interval dynamics on short-term ECG recordings using an automated screening algorithm (ASA) for pAF detection is a u...

In the application of telemedicine, ECG signal is transmitted to the Doctor end without any patient details. As a result, confusion is arisen between signal and patient’s identity. To avoid this confusion, ECG signals need to be combined with patient confidential information when sent. A typical ECG monitoring device generates massive volumes of digital data. Huge amount of bandwidth is require...